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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 83A — Coral Reef Conservation, Management, and Assistance

§ 6456. Definitions

Statutory text

In this subchapter:

(1)

Appropriate congressional committees

The term “appropriate congressional committees” means—

(A)

the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate;

(B)

the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate;

(C)

the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate; and

(D)

the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives.

(2)

Conservation, coral, coral reef, etc.

The terms “conservation”, “coral”, “coral reef”, “coral reef ecosystem”, “covered reef manager”, “covered State”, “Federal reef manager”, “National Coral Reef Resilience Strategy”, “restoration”, “resilience”, and “State” have the meanings given those terms in section 6415 of this title, as added by this division.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023

    Pub. L. 117–263 div. J title C § 10016 · 136 Stat. 2395

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 6456

    (Pub. L. 117–263, div. J, title C, § 10016, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3954.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 117–263, div. J, title C, § 10016, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3954.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 10016. DEFINITIONS.   In this subtitle: (1) Appropriate congressional committees.— The term “appropriate congressional committees” means— (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; (B) the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate; (C) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate; and (D) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives. (2) Conservation, coral, coral reef, etc.— The terms “conservation”, “coral”, “coral reef”, “coral reef ecosystem”, “covered reef manager”, “covered State”, “Federal reef manager”, “National Coral Reef Resilience Strategy”, “restoration”, “resilience”, and “State” have the meanings given those terms in section 216 of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, as added by this division.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This division, referred to in par. (2), is div. J of Pub. L. 117–263, , 136 Stat. 3930. For complete classification of div. J to the Code, see Tables.

Credits

(Pub. L. 117–263, div. J, title C, § 10016, , 136 Stat. 3954.)

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